Garment



Mar. 13, 1923. I

`A.^ A LEANDER GARMENT FiledjJan. 9, '1922/V Patented 13, 1923.

AXEL A.. LEANDER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GARMENT.

Application :filed January 9,A 1922. Serial No. 528,004.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL A. LEANDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, State of Vlashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garments, and more particularly to detachable cu's for trousers; the principal object of the invention being to prolong the life of such garments by equipping the same with cus which, after becoming worn, may be removed without any damage to the garment itself, and if desired may be replaced by new cuffs.

A further Objectis to provide removable, or detachable, cuffs which will add to the appearance of the garment and which will protect the bottom edges of the legs of the trousers and prevent them from being worn i yout before the rest of the garment.

Other objects of the invention reside in the manner of forming the cuff and o-f attaching it to the garment.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details o-f construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a view of a pair of trousers showing one of the legs thereof equipped. with a cuff, and a cuff ready to be applied to the other leg.

Figure 2 is a view illustrating the first step in attaching a cuif.

Figure 3 illustrates a step following that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4; is a perspective view of a portion of the leg of a pair of trousers showing the cuff attached.

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate the same or like partsl designates, as a whole, a pair of trousers having legs 2fto which cuffs, as designated at 3, are applied.

Before the cuff is applied, the trousers are inished about the bottom edges, so that after a cuff has become worn and is removed, the trousers will not have to be altered or finished in any way.

The cuff, before being applied, is formed from 'a strip ofcloth of desirable width and length, into a sort of sleeve, as shown atay in' F igure' l, and this is turned wrong side out and slipped over the lower portion of the leg of the trousers, as shown in Figure 2 and is then fastened about its lower edge by stitching, as is indicated at 5, to the lower in Figure 3, and is then turned upwardly 0n the inside of the trousers and is fastened at its edge to the trousers by whipped stitching, as shownat 6 in Figure 4f.4

It is apparent that with the cuff so attached to the trouser leg, by properly folding the cuff forming material, the apparent length of the leg may be made longer or shorter, while the width of cuff remains the saine. After the cuff strip has been applied and attached and folded to give the proper length to the leg, the cuff may be pressed and will then retain its shape.

l/Vith the cuff so attached, it will be noted that the lower-@edges of the trousers are protected, and that after the cuff has become worn, it may be removed by cutting out the stitching 6 and then they stitches 5.

Cuifs of this character may bev made in desired widths and would be made ofthe saine cloth as the trouser-s so that, when applied, they would give the latter a finished appearance while, at the same time, they will add to the life of the garment.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new there-in and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A trouser leg having a finished end and a cufil detachably secured about said finished end, comprising an up-turned inner portion that is whip stiched to the interior of the leg and an outer portion forming the visiv ble cuff having a downwardly and inwardly turned end that is stiched about its edge to the trouserleg, thereby permitting the. cuit' to be adjusted in such manner as to add to or shorten the apparent length of the trouseil leo.

2:Signed at Seattle, l/Vashingt-on, this 3rd day of January,` 1922.

AXEL A. LEANDER. 

